International Affairs

In a major move of expanding diplomatic relations in Africa, Sri Lanka government has decided to establish Diplomatic Relations with Gambia last week, Foreign Ministry announced.

Sri Lankan government implements a four pronged strategy to improve Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) prospects on the verge of becoming bleak owing to weak unified response against extremist Easter terror which has shattered the investor confidence on the island nation, a veteran BOI official disclosed .

A strong and unified leadership remains paramount for Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings to address the security concerns of investors and to revive the island nation’s economy, according to former US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert O. Blake.

Sri Lanka and Turkey to pursue shared economic interests and address common challenges such as, terrorism, at regional and multilateral platforms.

UK House of Commons has focused attention on UNHCR refugees in Negombo, who fled to Sri Lanka fleeing religious persecution in their countries, but who now fear for their safety following the terrible Easter Sunday bombings in the island nation.

China donated ten police vehicles to Sri Lankan government as part of the security cooperation between the two countries, the Xinhua news agency reported.

President Maithripala Sirisena flew to Beijing this morning to attend an international conference titled Dialogue of Asian Civilizations to be held on 15 May.

ත‍්‍රස්තවාදය මර්ධනය කිරීම සඳහා ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවට ඕනෑම සහයක් ලබා දෙන බව යුරෝපා සංගමය නැවත අවධාරණය කරනවා.

Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena is to make an official visit to China next week.